Question

Identify the expression as an equation containing fractions, a fractional equation, or a proportion. x/12=(17/3)-(2x/9)-(5)+(3x/12)
A: Proportion
B: Equation containing fractions
C: Fractional equation

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

  B:  Equation containing fractions

Step-by-step explanation:

A proportion equates two fractions.

A fractional equation contains the unknown in the denominator of one or more terms. (A proportion may be written as a fractional equation.)

Here, the equation has the variable in the numerator of the terms in which it appears, so the equation is not a fractional equation. It is not equating two fractions, so is not a proportion. It contains fractions, so it is an ...

  equation containing fractions

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Multiplying the equation by 36 gives ...

  3x = 204 -8x -180 +9x

  2x = 24 . . . . . subtract x

  x = 12 . . . . . . .divide by 2

Answer 2

Answer:

 B:  Equation containing fractions

Step-by-step explanation: